Holmes (Ballyhoura)
The representatives of Robert Holmes held at least five townlands in the parish of Imphrick, barony of Fermoy, county Cork, in the early 1850s. The Holmes family were resident at Holmesfort, Shinnanagh, county Cork in the early 19th century but the house fell into decay soon after. The Irish Tourist Association survey states that some of this property had previously belonged to the Roche family, Lords Fermoy. These Holmes are reputed to share a common ancestry with the Holmes of Kilmallock. In 1813 Major Thomas Cornelius Holmes, third son of Cornelius Holmes, married Matilda Bevan. By the mid 19th century they were leasing land to the Sherlock family who had also married into the Bevan family. http://www.theflyingscotsman.ca/sherlock_tree.pdf The Shinanagh property was advertised for sale in 1852 (see Grove White).
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodville | Ballyhoura | Imphrick | Mallow | Imprick 239 | Fermoy | Cork |
OSI Ref: R555 139
OS Sheet: 8 Discovery map: 73 |
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| Ballyhoura Lodge | Ballyhoura | Imphrick | Mallow | Imprick 239 | Fermoy | Cork |
OSI Ref: R554 138
OS Sheet: 8 Discovery map: 73 |
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| Holmesfort | Shinanagh | Imphrick | Mallow | Imphrick | Fermoy | Cork |
OSI Ref: R534158
OS Sheet: 8 Discovery map: 73 |
Archival sources
- Irish Tourist Association survey files, Parish of Ballyhea; Cork County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Fermoy Barony, 95 (Ballyhoura)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 391 (Wood-lodge, Richard Sherlock)
Modern printed sources
- HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 58, 367-368
- ''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: Historical and Topographical Notes, etc on Buttevant, Doneraile, Mallow and Places in their vicinity. Collected by James Grove White (c 1906). [includes Holmes pedigree]. XXV, 2nd Series (1919), 206-212 (Shinanagh)
- LYONS, Mary C. ''Illustrated Incumbered Estates, Ireland, 1850-1905.'' Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1993. : 55-56 (Ballyhoura Lodge)